impensable

French

Etymology

From im- +‎ pensable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pɑ̃.sabl/

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Adjective

impensable (plural impensables)

1. unthinkable

   Antonym: pensable

Derived terms

• impensablement

Further reading

• “impensable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Adjective

impensable m or f (masculine and feminine plural impensables)

1. unthinkable

Further reading

• “impensable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025